Exam 2: The Manager, the Organization, and the Team

On a scrum team, the developer is responsible for prioritizing the product features in order to optimize the business value provided to the organization and its customers.

What is a "virtual project?"

Functional project organizations have higher personnel costs than pure project organizations.

Their primary responsibilities are to serve as a process coach to help ensure the project team is leveraging best practices, to buffer the development team from organizational distractions, to help remove organizational roadblocks the development team encounters, to help ensure the project execution is aligned with Agile values, and facilitating scrum events.

On a scrum team, the developer works with customers to gain a clear understanding of their needs.

It is critical to a project's success to have top management support.

Morale of the project team is a key responsibility of the project manager.

A matrix project that closely resembles the pure project is referred to as

Maintains the prioritized list of product requirements.

Conflict occurs mainly at the beginning of the project.

The project manager is supposed to facilitate the work of the project team and must therefore stay aloof from the conflicts arising among project team members.

Responsible for doing the work associated with creating the new product or improving an existing product.

It is usually a good idea to select a project manager from a list of engineers (or other technical specialists) who can be spared from their current jobs.

Explain the importance of credibility. Also explain why project managers need it.

Fiona and her team are working on a complex project. After multiple conflicts in the initial stages of the project, the team establishes a set of guidelines and is now working cohesively to accomplish the project goals. In the given scenario, Fiona's team is in the _____ phase of team development.

Proteus, a hotel chain, has bought some new kitchen appliances that would enable its kitchen staff to work more effectively. The senior management of the hotel assigns the task of removal of old appliances and installation of new appliances to the respective manager of the food and beverage department in each of its hotels. The manager assembles a team from within the department to perform this task. This scenario exemplifies _____.

The project manager uses the analytical approach while the traditional manger uses the systems approach.

The _________________ approach centers on understanding the bits and pieces in a system.

It is said that the distinction between the traditional manager-as-supervisor and the modern manager-as-facilitator is diminishing in recent years. Why?

Having the program manager or project owner micromanage the project manager is one of the best ways to insure that a project succeeds.